IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 98KY-015-009
  • User Pedon ID: 98KY-015-009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 98KY-015-009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 98KY-015-009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47486
  • Print Date: 4/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Boh's farm.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY015—Boone
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY603—Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.D. Karathanasis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • PSC - 27 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1.5

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    Ap—0 to 27 centimeters (0.0 to 10.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3925
    Bt1—27 to 50 centimeters (10.6 to 19.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) mottles; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3926
    Bt2—50 to 63 centimeters (19.7 to 24.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3927
    Bt3—63 to 82 centimeters (24.8 to 32.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent manganese masses and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3928
    Bt4—82 to 104 centimeters (32.3 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) mottles; moderate subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3929
    BC—104 to 123 centimeters (40.9 to 48.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) mottles; moderate subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # KY3930